These ratings are based on students' 2016 performance on end-of-year Smarter Balanced English and math tests and, for high schools, class of 2015 graduation rates. Level 5 is the top rating and generally indicates a school performed in the top 10 percent. Level 1 ratings signify the worst of the worst, generally in the bottom 5 percent. Level 2 ratings are also quite low, signifying test performance in the bottom 15 percent and graduation rates below 75 percent. Level 4 ratings are for average and above average test scores and for graduation rates above 78 percent. Level 3 is a middling ranking that extends to test performance as low at the 16th percentile. Growth ratings are based on how much progress a typical student made in reading or math since taking state tests in 2015 and 2014.

2015 Deep Creek-Damascus K-8 School profile

Deep Creek-Damascus K-8 School test results

Percentage of students meeting or exceeding standardsClick on a row to see the 9-year trend of scores

School

District

State

Grade 3 reading*

--

58%

66%

Grade 3 math*

--

47%

60%

Grade 4 reading*

--

64%

72%

Grade 4 math*

--

55%

64%

Grade 5 reading*

--

58%

68%

Grade 5 math*

--

51%

59%

Grade 5 science*

--

61%

69%

Grade 6 reading*

84%

60%

65%

Grade 6 math*

68%

50%

59%

Grade 7 reading*

90%

73%

74%

Grade 7 math*

75%

60%

63%

Grade 8 reading*

76%

63%

66%

Grade 8 math*

61%

56%

62%

Grade 8 science*

71%

65%

65%

*Math standards for grades 3-8 were raised for the 2011 test year; reading standards for grades 3-8 and science standards for all grades were raised for the 2012 test year

2016 Deep Creek-Damascus K-8 School absentee rate: 21%

Percentage of Deep Creek-Damascus K-8 School students who missed more than 10 percent of school days during the 2015-2016 school year, below broken down by grade and income level and compared with statewide numbers.